Putin wins re-election as Russia president for fifth

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  1. As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin wins a fifth term by a landslide of 87%, according to a Russian exit poll.
  2. At least 80 protesters have been arrested in Russian cities on the final day of a vote set to confirm Vladimir Putin in office.
  3. Long queues formed outside polling stations heeding a call to gather in protest issued by the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
  4. Navalny, who died suddenly last month at a penal colony above the Arctic Circle, was one of Putin’s most outspoken critics. Others are in exile or jailed.
  5. With the re-election of the 71-year-old Russian president seen as inevitable, the first two days of the vote saw dozens of incidents of vandalism at polling stations.
  6. Voting has also been taking place in the Russian-occupied parts Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea
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